Chrysopa

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Chrysopa
Chrysopa sp.
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Chrysopa

Leach in Brewster, 1815
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Synonyms

Odontochrysa Yang & Yang, 1991

Chrysopa is a genus of green lacewings in the neuropteran family Chrysopidae.

Members of this genus and the genus Chrysoperla are common in much of North America, Europe and Asia. They share similar characteristics and some species have been moved from one genus to the other and back again.[1] Their larvae are predatory and feed on aphids and members of this genus have been used in biological pest control.

William Elford Leach first described this genus in 1815 in Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopædia.[2]

Species

References

  1. ^ Michael S. Engel & David A. Grimaldi (2007). "The neuropterid fauna of Dominican and Mexican amber (Neuropterida, Megaloptera, Neuroptera)" (PDF). American Museum Novitates. 3587: 1–58. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2007)3587[1:TNFODA]2.0.CO;2.
  2. ^ H. Steinmann (1964). "The Chrysopa species (Neuroptera) of Hungary" (PDF). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 56: 257–266.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Chrysopa Leach in Brewster, 1815". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h "Chrysopa". UniProt taxonomy. Retrieved January 19, 2011.

External links

  • Data related to Chrysopa at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Chrysopa at Wikimedia Commons